of Windsor Title of case: Superior Supermarkets. “Everyday Low Pricing” Key person and his / her position in the organization: James Ellis Senior V.P at Hall Consolidated and President of Superior Markets Key issue or decision that must be made: Should Superior Supermarkets implement the everyday low pricing strategy? If so, should this strategy be adopted across-the-board for all products or just certain categories? Basic facts of the case: Superior Markets is a division of Hall
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Superior Supermarkets (SS) is a division of Hall Consolidated, a privately owned wholesale and retail food distributor. Hall distributes food and related products to some 150 company-owned supermarket units and about 1,100 independent grocery stores in the U.S. through 12 wholesale distribution centers. Superior is the smallest of the three supermarket chains owned by Hall, with sales of $192.2 million in 2002. Sales of three Centralia stores were $14,326,700 in 2002. Randall Johnson, the District
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Papers Search Home Page»Business and Management Superior Supermarkets In: Business and Management Superior Supermarkets Superior Supermarkets Memo Memorandum To: James Ellis, President of Superior Supermarkets CC: Randall Johnson, District III Manager of Superior Supermarkets From: Matthew Clemente RE: Potential Everyday Low Pricing Strategy Date: April 9, 2010 The challenge presented to the President of Superior Supermarkets James Ellis and his district manager Randall Johnson
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Superior Supermarkets Memo Memorandum To: James Ellis, President of Superior Supermarkets CC: Randall Johnson, District III Manager of Superior Supermarkets From: Matthew Clemente RE: Potential Everyday Low Pricing Strategy Date: April 9, 2010 The challenge presented to the President of Superior Supermarkets James Ellis and his district manager Randall Johnson is whether or not to implement an everyday low pricing strategy to the Superior Supermarkets stores in Centralia, MO
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Superior Supermarkets Everyday Low Pricing In: Business and Management Superior Supermarkets Everyday Low Pricing Superior Supermarkets (SS) is a division of Hall Consolidated, a privately owned wholesale and retail food distributor. Hall distributes food and related products to some 150 company-owned supermarket units and about 1,100 independent grocery stores in the U.S. through 12 wholesale distribution centers. Superior is the smallest of the three supermarket chains owned by Hall, with sales
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BACKGROUND COMPANY Superior supermarket is the one of division of Consolidated Hall. Consolidated Hall is a privately owned wholesale and retail food distributor. In year 1959, the Hall Consolidated was formed. In year 1970, the first retail grocery store chain was purchased. The superior supermarket chain was acquired in 1975.The Hall distributed food and related products to some 150 company owned supermarket units operating under three supermarket chain names through 12 wholesale
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Case; Superior Supermarkets “Everyday Low Pricing” Company background; * Superior supermarkets is a division of Hall Consolidated, a privately owned wholesale and retail food distributor, Hall formed in 1959 and distributed food and related products to 150 company-owned supermarket units, operating under three supermarkets chain names through 12 wholesale distribution centers in US, its sales in 2002 were 2.3 billion *The three Superior supermarkets are located in Centralia-Missouri
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James Ellis, the senior vice president of Hall Consolidated and president of Hi-Value supermarkets, must decide whether to pursue an everyday low pricing (EDLP) strategy at its three Centralia MO locations. After much analysis, I believe that my recommendation would be for Superior stores (Hi-Value) to most definitely adopt this new method. First let’s look into some details about Hi-Value, and their competition: Product: The stores’ products are divided into 5 categories: 1) grocery (including
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PROBLEM STATEMENT Superior Supermarkets (SS) must decide whether or not to pursue an everyday low pricing (ELP) strategy at its three Centralia MO locations. Strategic Issues & Marketing Mix Pricing: Current prices are reflective of a high-end branding strategy. SS everyday (non-promotional) prices are approximately 10% higher than Harrison (Hr) and about 7 percent higher than Grand American (GA) and Missouri Mart (MM). Subsequently, higher prices have become a competitive concern due to their
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HiHi-Value Supermarkets: Everyday low pricing General Overview NOTE***I included not only information specifically designed for the slides but also extra information that I will speak about. The information in parenthesis is what I will verbally add to my part of the presentation so don't worry about putting in the actual case presentation PPT. SLIDE: The Meeting > In early April of 2006, several members of Hall Consolidated meet with the District Manager of 3 Superior stores in Centralia
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